The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJohns Hopkins University Press, 1.03.1984 г. - 672 страници There are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstruct the basic Indo-European roots with considerable confidence. In The Origins of English Words, Shipley catalogues these proposed roots and follows the often devious, always fascinating, process by which some of their offshoots have grown. Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science. |
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... compounds . Gk elekhtron is related to elekhtor : the beaming sun , source of the power . ( 1 ) hydrogen ( H ) , " begetter of water , " H2O ( see aue ; gn ) . Separated by Henry Cavendish in 1776 ; named in 1787 by A.-L. de Lavoisier ...
... compounds . Gk elekhtron is related to elekhtor : the beaming sun , source of the power . ( 1 ) hydrogen ( H ) , " begetter of water , " H2O ( see aue ; gn ) . Separated by Henry Cavendish in 1776 ; named in 1787 by A.-L. de Lavoisier ...
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... compounds ; OED has over two pages of re- lated words , including phossy . One form of Gk phos : light , is phot , from which five more OED pages of photographical words . photuris is the common glow- worm , firefly , lightning bug ...
... compounds ; OED has over two pages of re- lated words , including phossy . One form of Gk phos : light , is phot , from which five more OED pages of photographical words . photuris is the common glow- worm , firefly , lightning bug ...
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... compounds , only a few of which can be mentioned here . White - presence of all colors - and its compounds occupy 37 columns in OED . To whitewash : figuratively , to clear of charges of misconduct , often without dis- proving them . To ...
... compounds , only a few of which can be mentioned here . White - presence of all colors - and its compounds occupy 37 columns in OED . To whitewash : figuratively , to clear of charges of misconduct , often without dis- proving them . To ...
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